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whole lotta history

13 memories you'll have if you studied Leaving Cert history

The hand cramps!

1. You had a rake of books to lug around with you

One for each section of history you were studying.

2. And it wasn’t quite as easy as Junior Cert History

Say farewell to your page-and-a-half essays about Cosimo de Medici. You’re in the big leagues now.

3. You had your ~favourite~ sections in history and some historical events that were your absolute jam

HON THE JARROW MARCH! I COULD WRITE PAGES ABOUT YOU.

4. And others that you just couldn’t get your head around

*tries to memorise eight-page essay about propaganda in Germany, fails miserably*

5. It’s been years since you did Leaving Cert history but you could still waffle on about the Coleraine University Controversy if needs be

John Hume! The University for Derry Committee! The Lockwood Report!

 

6. You had history exam predictions down to a fine art

“The Eucharistic Congress hasn’t come up since 2007, which means it’s bound to come up this year.”

giphy Giphy Giphy

7. And you actively prayed that the State Examinations Commission wouldn’t let you down

“Please don’t trick me and put The Apprentice Boys of Derry on the paper for the second year in a row.”

 

 

 

8. You still have memories of the absolute hand cramps you had after every history exam

Your hands were invariably left gnarled and covered in ink stains after a marathon essay-writing session.

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9. This was you the night before your exam

10. The research study report was briefly the bane of your life

As part of Leaving Cert history, students were invited to write a report about an incident in history that was of particular interest to them. It couldn’t be too narrow or too broad, it required loads of research and it was generally a source of great stress.

Because as your teacher constantly reminded you, it was worth 20% of your final grade.

11. And you still have flashbacks of trying to make your handwriting sufficiently neat and legible in the final booklet

NO INK SMUDGES!

12. This accurately describes your process when it came to writing essays about Russian history

13. All in all, it really wasn’t for the faint-hearted

If you made it through Leaving Cert History, we salute you.

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